Price, Jocketty wait to see if Hamilton is ready

10:20 AM,
Dec. 10, 2013

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If Reds general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Bryan Price were in Goodyear, Ariz., right now instead of at the Swan and Dolphin resort at Walt Disney World, Billy Hamilton would be the team's center fielder and maybe even penciled in as its lead-off man, but that's still two months away.

"I think that's one of the reasons why we're here, why we're here is to show up and see what our alternatives are," Price said. "We're all excited about the development of Billy Hamilton, and one of the big decisions that we have to make between now and Opening Day is if he's ready to handle that load. He doesn't ...